New York Times Rounds up Location-based Games

One of the more interesting a virtual golf game played among the buildings of New York City.

- New York Times

Why are Milwaukee Fire Dept GPSs Not Working?

The short answer is potholes. While some devices are damaged when other things are placed on top of them, most are damaged when the vehicles hit potholes when heading to a face a fire or other situation. No word on how the city hopes to prevent such damage in the future.

- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ducks Unlimited Touts Page Views for Migration Map

The organization reports 1.5 million page views within the site’s first two months. The map launched Sept 1.

The map, powered by Bing Maps, didn’t seem to be working correctly for me. (Perhaps it’s a Safari thing?) I could find no legend (or I don’t understand the triangle in the top right, which could be a legend, but its colors don’t match anything on the map). I could key in a location in a Search Map box, but the map didn’t zoom there. I could find no help. I did learn that if I submitted a report about waterfowl it’d be posted within five minutes.

- Bismark Tribune